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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Akkadian Lexicon Companion for Biblical Hebrew

This new book looks really interesting! A lot of work has apparently gone into illuminating biblical Hebrew meaning through comparative lexical work with the cognate language of Akkadian.Here's a sample page (click to enlarge):

Duties of a son, from The Story of Aqhat: To erect a stele for his ancestral gods; to build a family shrine in the sanctuary;
to guard his footsteps from earth to underworld; to take his hand when he is drunk; to put his arm over one's shoulder when he is full of
wine; to eat a funeral meal in the temple of Ba'al; to offer a sacrifice in the house of El.